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Thursday, October 29

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☀️Today's plan

  • 7:50am Ride in on the greenway. 38°F at the start, NNW wind 7 mph. Merino base layer, wind jacket and the lobster gloves.
  • 10:00am Design system office hours. Two questions in the queue, both about the new table component.
  • 5:47pm Golden hour. The skyline front-lit from the Boylan Avenue bridge, a ten-minute ride.

🔎One thing I found

  • Burst less on perched birds. About 72% of bird frames in the last two months are near-duplicates from bursts on a bird that did not move. Single shots on perched birds would halve culling time.

Today

📅Calendar

  • 10:00am · Design system office hours
  • 1:00pm · Weekly product sync
  • 7:00pm · Hurricanes vs Red Wings (home, on TV)

↳ Blue Ridge Parkway in 15 days (Nov 13–15, booked). A light day. Room for a lunch walk around Five Points.

📬Inbox (17 new)

  • UPS: Out for delivery: trail running shoes.
  • Northline Rewards Visa: statement closes in 10 days; autopay is on.
  • Library: your hold on The Design of Everyday Things is ready at the Cameron Village branch for the next 7 days.
  • Bike shop: your winter tune-up slot is confirmed for Saturday at 10.

↳ Nothing needs a reply before noon.

Money

💸Money

YesterdayAccountAmount
Neuse Valley Farm ShareNorthline Rewards Visa$31.00
Pocket YogaNorthline Rewards Visa$9.99
Pinecone CaféNorthline Rewards Visa$6.45
Total$47.44

↳ A quiet day. Nothing unusual, and no new subscriptions.

Body

💪Recovery

  • Recovery: 61% (yellow). HRV 63 ms, resting heart rate 51.
  • Sleep: 6h 32m, asleep at 10:44pm, up at 6:03am.
  • Yesterday: strain 7.8, mostly the commute.

↳ Fine for the commute; keep anything hard short.

Craft

🌤️Weather & light

  • 59° / 38°: Partly cloudy. NNW 7 mph. Dry.
  • Sun: up 7:32am, down 6:23pm. Golden hour from 5:47pm, blue hour until 6:49pm.

Verdict: worth going out at the end of the day. High cloud can catch color after sunset.

📷Photo

  • Last outing (Wednesday): 84 frames at Fayetteville Street, 36 minutes with the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S.
  • Porches series: 7 of 20. Next up is a porch at blue hour, which only needs a dry evening.
  • To cull: those 84 frames are still unflagged in Lightroom.

🐦Birding

Late fall: most warblers have gone south; sparrows, kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers and the first winter ducks are the story now.

Worth a look

  • Lake Johnson: Buffleheads (6) reported on the lake yesterday. Go early, before the boardwalk fills with runners.
  • Feeder: Dark-eyed Juncos and White-throated Sparrows are back under the feeder. Swap the dogwood perch for the pine sprig so the winter frames match.

This week

  • Lesser Black-backed Gull: 6 reports this week (Jordan Lake).
  • Long-tailed Duck: 3 reports this week (Falls Lake, Oregon Inlet).
  • Next outing: Nov 7, Eno River State Park. Fall warblers on the Cox Mountain trail.

Notes

📚Reading

  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: page 242 of 391. On pace to finish this week.
  • Saved: a long read on how Raleigh planned its greenways

🔮Predictions I'm committing to

  • Golden hour will be worth it: 57%.
  • Recovery tomorrow above 51%: 72%.